One of the things that annoyed the shit out of me when I was on Reddit is when users would sift through the post/comment history of your account to use as ammunition in an argument they are having with you now. Is there a way to block or limit access to my account history?
Public forum means public
Don’t want your history there for people to see, don’t make it in the first place
Yes, by not posting or commenting anywhere. Everything you do on Lemmy is public.
If that is being done, either you are the asshole, or they are. In either case it’s pointless to continue the discussion.
Nope. I agree that this type of information should not be publicly accessible by default, for privacy reasons. But no, this is not how Lemmy works. If you aren’t happy with it then this may not be the platform for you, as it doesn’t seem like this will change.
I feel it should be public and connected to an account, but this account shouldn’t be connected to a person unless they explicitly wish so.
Well, I certainly don’t think anyone should be able to look at anyone else’s vote or comment history or anything. It nearly always leads to off-topic arguing. Perhaps simply allowing users to opt-out would suffice.
I don’t know of any document that explains “how Lemmy works”. From the official website and the Github page all it says is it’s a link aggregator and discussion platform that’s self hosted. Each instance can moderate itself and impose their own rules. Nowhere does it state that all profiles have to be public. The official site also states that there is no advertising, tracking, or secret algorithms. All I ask for is privacy and I think that would align with what I’ve found on Lemmy’s official stance.
I agree, but thats not how Lemmy was programmed. I feel like Lemmy has other privacy issues, but its better than the alternative of Reddit.
are you asking about this because you were fired a month ago?
Is that a genuine question or you trying to be witty?
excuse me 😁
You didn’t, did you?
Make your own instance and post each comment under a new account?
Nope. However you can use alts with connected or duplicate names, that way you can separate post history while avoiding accusations of being a sockpuppet.
Posts in this community should be directly related to sh.itjust.works, not just Lemmy in general. With that being said, I think that the question has been answered thoroughly by the folks here.
